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Are you trying to build a better lifestyle but are struggling to find happiness in it? Are you in a job that is paying the bills but is NOT making you happy? Are you stuck in a business that is keeping you in a rut and you want something more? Well then you're probably wondering if there is a way to build your career, your business & your life overall Well, no worries...I got a Gal who has been in your shoes and has found a way to be happy and dwell in her happiness. She wants to show you how. You'll discover: ~How to be happy even when you have achieved a lot ~Why you may be trying to find happiness in the wrong things ~How to assure that you can sustain the happiness you desire TEDx Speaker, #1 Bestselling author of The Six Habits and Life Mastery Coach, Laura DiBenedetto teaches how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love. Laura is the founder and CEO of the award-winning marketing company, Vision Advertising, located in the greater Boston area. Laura created, built and ran the growth-oriented enterprise for 19 years with tremendous success, before retiring from active involvement in 2018 at age 37, passing the reins to her successor. Over the years, Laura personally sold several million dollars in ongoing contracts, was featured on Fox News and other Boston programming several times, was publicly recognized for business accomplishments, and was named a 40 Under Forty winner at only age 23. Having started her first business at 19, Laura began to search for her next big project in 2012, finally finding it right on the cusp of retirement. While Laura's career had been speckled with accomplishments and accolades, when she retired, she was simply burnt out and unhappy. After years of classes, workshops, books, and more, Laura was confused and wondering why the personal development world had let her down and sought to solve the problem. She went on a radical journey of self-discovery, research, and testing, determined to find energy and lasting, fulfilling happiness in all areas of life. Laura found the answers to the question that plagued her (and so many of us) – six of them, in fact. She is devoted to sharing the universally applicable and deeply liberating truths she discovered, so that others may find their own path out of misery and into lasting, fulfilling happiness and limitless possibility. Laura moved away from Boston in 2019 to the island of Maui, Hawaii and lives in tropical bliss with her husband, cats and dog. TheSixHabits.com ______________________________ Join us on the show live M-W-F & sometimes Tuesdays & Bring your questions! Youtube.com/bryansarnoldrocks Join our new community-a think tank for heart-driven thought leaders: ThoughtLeadersImpactGroup.com Sign up for the Authority Letter>>>Get the 3-Part Series on Building your Authority Platform: AuthorityLetter.com

Adventure and people lover, Laura Fravel had a dream job producing television broadcasts and digital content for National Geographic, and later, after moving West, as an independent producer for outlets such as Discovery Channel, The New York Time and Amazon. In our conversation, we discuss Laura’s second shift from storytelling for media and brands, to helping solopreneurs, entrepreneurs and thought-leaders tell their story. While Laura loved the first half of her career, personal circumstances and new priorities led her on a different (more fulfilling) path. Reflecting on her career, Laura commented, “I think at different points in our life we might be meant to do different things for different people.”  We discuss the turning point that led Laura to becoming a brand strategist and the story of how Laura created her business. We also cover Laura’s favorite business resources, a few lessons Laura has learned while building her own brand and Laura’s advice for outsourcing housework and technical support. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share with a friend.

How happy are you? What habits do you have? How many are not serving you? We are diving in to these questions and more with...   TEDx Speaker, #1 Bestselling author of The Six Habits and Life Mastery Coach, Laura DiBenedetto teaches how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love.  Laura is the founder and CEO of the award-winning marketing company, Vision Advertising, located in the greater Boston area. Laura created, built and ran the growth-oriented enterprise for 19 years with tremendous success, before retiring from active involvement in 2018 at age 37, passing the reins to her successor. Over the years, Laura personally sold several million dollars in ongoing contracts, was featured on Fox News and other Boston programming several times, was publicly recognized for business accomplishments, and was named a 40 Under Forty winner at only age 23.  Having started her first business at 19, Laura began to search for her next big project in 2012, finally finding it right on the cusp of retirement. While Laura’s career had been speckled with accomplishments and accolades, when she retired, she was simply burnt out and unhappy. After years of classes, workshops, books, and more, Laura was confused and wondering why the personal development world had let her down and sought to solve the problem. She went on a radical journey of self-discovery, research, and testing, determined to find energy and lasting, fulfilling happiness in all areas of life.  Laura found the answers to the question that plagued her (and so many of us)–six of them, in fact. She is devoted to sharing the universally applicable and deeply liberating truths she discovered, so that others may find their own path out of misery and into lasting, fulfilling happiness and limitless possibility. Laura moved away from Boston in 2019 to the island of Maui, Hawaii and lives in tropical bliss with her husband, cats and dog. 

As a special bonus, here's the recap rap in our 100th episode! LYRICS: When Doc and I first dreamed about creating a podcast We never thought in a million years it was gon' last But more than two and a half years have gone past And one hundred episodes of absolutely fantastic Characters, drastic masters, and bombastic bastards As we mix the scholastic and sarcastic faster Than you can say gone to lightspeed But here's a little something that we thought you might need In case you haven't caught up on all of your downloads I'm'a rap a recap, are you ready, here it goes It all started off with Eddie Brock, y'know Venom No wonder he's so angry with a symbiote in 'em Then Doc's fave, the Joker, we had drinks with Tony Stark And my boy Moon Knight, you know things got pretty dark Badass chicks Quinn and Jones givin' men the boot Rorschach's issue's seeing everything as absolute Deadpool interrupted us with porn and masturbation Booster hopes one day that he can rise above his station Tried to break through Freeze, but yo that ice is pretty thick When it comes to Cyclops you know Scott is a dick Legion, Question, Sentry, they're too crazy for this rap And Hank Pym wishes everyone could just move past the slap Casey Jones and Scarecrow like to hide behind their masks While Jamie Madrox splits up so he handles many tasks Our fans picked the Governor, a good ol' Southern man Hank Henshaw only wishes he could be Superman Logan needs a break so he can find himself a lover Molecule Man needs to break away from control by his mother Stephen Strange should give up magic and go back to surgery Then we talked about the Hulk with friends Popcorn Psychology Kingpin threatened Doc, but that ended pretty badly Mister Miracle and Barda clearly love each other madly Jonah just wants pictures of that menace Spider-Man And Black Manta wants out of the shadow of Aquaman Chief and Negan think that tragedy makes them great While Doc told Cap America that he should masturbate Constantine and Talia needed better vocal actors While Nadia van Dyne is accurate on many factors Callum Cooper and the Riddler think they're both really smart Jen Walters takes being green with envy to an art Jason Todd and Cletus Kasady had messed up childhoods So did Ultimate Reed Richards, at least he started off as good Roy Harper made us cry with his story, it's so tragic And Colossus needs to work things out with his kid sister Magik Bane and terrorism go together, hand in glove But the Tick is too ridiculous and silly not to love Kamala should stop putting heroes up on a pedestal Shredder's history of failure is really quite incredible Dick Grayson does it all and also has the perfect ass While Laura needs to learn how to interact with some more class Forgotten Home's a story about learning who you are Raphael's anger is justified but he takes it too far Uatu watches over you and can be pretty creepy Damian had no childhood but isn't very weepy Apocalypse thinks he's the savior of all mutantkind Baphomet's development is truly quite divine The Beast's an intellectual, but all he does is worry If Ego's coming after you, you'd best leave in a hurry So that's all of our episodes, this rap has been a frenzy Spitting rhymes over this beat thanks to my buddy Eric Menzie And last not least thanks to our fans, especially our Patrons We appreciate you sticking with us, showing off your patience Who knows where the next hundred shows will take us, but I'll vouch That they'll be fun and helpful, that's what makes Capes on the Couch   Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: here Twitter Facebook Patreon TeePublic Discord

“Self inquiry is the beginning of all pivotal life change”    TEDx Speaker, #1 Bestselling author of The Six Habits and Life Mastery Coach, Laura DiBenedetto teaches how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love. Laura is the founder and CEO of the award-winning marketing company, Vision Advertising, located in the greater Boston area.  Laura created, built and ran the growth-oriented enterprise for 19 years with tremendous success, before retiring from active involvement in 2018 at age 37, passing the reins to her successor. Over the years, Laura personally sold several million dollars in ongoing contracts, was featured on Fox News and other Boston programming several times, was publicly recognized for business accomplishments, and was named a 40 Under Forty winner at only age 23. Having started her first business at 19, Laura began to search for her next big project in 2012, finally finding it right on the cusp of retirement.  While Laura’s career had been speckled with accomplishments and accolades, when she retired, she was simply burnt out and unhappy.  After years of classes, workshops, books, and more, Laura was confused and wondering why the personal development world had let her down and sought to solve the problem.  She went on a radical journey of self-discovery, research, and testing, determined to find energy and lasting, fulfilling happiness in all areas of life. Laura found the answers to the question that plagued her (and so many of us) – six of them, in fact. She is devoted to sharing the universally applicable and deeply liberating truths she discovered, so that others may find their own path out of misery and into lasting, fulfilling happiness and limitless possibility. Laura moved away from Boston in 2019 to the island of Maui, Hawaii and lives in tropical bliss with her husband, cats and dog. Get ready for: Some candid pre show talk: cookies, empanadas, maui and more! Guide to having a happy, healthy relationship The 6 Habits: Practical Tools for Bringing Your Dreams to Life How to achieve true, unconditional self love   Episode References: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Connect with Laura on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Learn more at lauradibenedetto.com   Connect with Rick @MrRickJordan on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn    Help others find the show! Subscribe and Review on iTunes Subscribe and Comment on CastBox Subscribe on Google Podcasts or Google Play Follow on Spotify Subscribe and Review on Stitcher   Rick’s company: ReachOut IT   Production Credits

“Self inquiry is the beginning of all pivotal life change”    TEDx Speaker, #1 Bestselling author of The Six Habits and Life Mastery Coach, Laura DiBenedetto teaches how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love. Laura is the founder and CEO of the award-winning marketing company, Vision Advertising, located in the greater Boston area.  Laura created, built and ran the growth-oriented enterprise for 19 years with tremendous success, before retiring from active involvement in 2018 at age 37, passing the reins to her successor. Over the years, Laura personally sold several million dollars in ongoing contracts, was featured on Fox News and other Boston programming several times, was publicly recognized for business accomplishments, and was named a 40 Under Forty winner at only age 23. Having started her first business at 19, Laura began to search for her next big project in 2012, finally finding it right on the cusp of retirement.  While Laura’s career had been speckled with accomplishments and accolades, when she retired, she was simply burnt out and unhappy.  After years of classes, workshops, books, and more, Laura was confused and wondering why the personal development world had let her down and sought to solve the problem.  She went on a radical journey of self-discovery, research, and testing, determined to find energy and lasting, fulfilling happiness in all areas of life. Laura found the answers to the question that plagued her (and so many of us) – six of them, in fact. She is devoted to sharing the universally applicable and deeply liberating truths she discovered, so that others may find their own path out of misery and into lasting, fulfilling happiness and limitless possibility. Laura moved away from Boston in 2019 to the island of Maui, Hawaii and lives in tropical bliss with her husband, cats and dog. Get ready for: Some candid pre show talk: cookies, empanadas, maui and more! Guide to having a happy, healthy relationship The 6 Habits: Practical Tools for Bringing Your Dreams to Life How to achieve true, unconditional self love   Episode References: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Connect with Laura on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Learn more at lauradibenedetto.com   Connect with Rick @MrRickJordan on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn    Help others find the show! Subscribe and Review on iTunes Subscribe and Comment on CastBox Subscribe on Google Podcasts or Google Play Follow on Spotify Subscribe and Review on Stitcher   Rick’s company: ReachOut IT   Production Credits

SEASON 1, EPISODE 18ORIGINALLY AIRED: March 4, 1983EPISODE SYNOPSIS:When a series of pranks threaten the reputation of a local television station, the agency is called in to investigate under the guise of an on-air interview with the famous Remington Steele.While Laura admits to once wanting to be a foreign correspondent like her news idol and Spotlight News anchor Elliot Walsh, Remington must fend off probing questions about his mysterious past.After the murders of co-anchor Chrissie Carstairs and weatherman Uncle Tim, the remaining members of the news team become viable suspects. Although they each have valid reasons to despise their murdered colleagues, it is Elliot who is the culprit. A dedicated news man, he can no longer tolerate the trivializing of honest reporting with happy chatter and junk-food news.

On this podcast Laura Brady joins Byron to discuss her fast growing international luxury real estate auction firm Concierge Auctions and how the industry is adapting today. As the president Laura is responsible for leading the company and it’s aggressive growth. In only eight years, she drove the firm to a billion dollars in sales and placement on Inc. Magazine’s list of the fastest-growing companies in America. Laura’s knowledge of high-net-worth clientele and her insight into the luxury real estate market have led her to be profiled by CNBC Money, Bloomberg, the Today Show, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, among others. She has been named “One of the 100 most influential people in real estate” by Inman News for the past three years. While Laura has a keen eye for branding and design, she is also a numbers wiz. These dueling traits led the Neiman Marcus Group to select her as a top corporate recruit from the University of Texas at Austin when she was only 20 years old. But inevitably, a lifelong love of real estate drew her in. After a quick stint of rising to be one of the top-selling luxury agents in the country, Laura was one of few who foresaw the pending market decline and wasn’t afraid to take action. She founded Concierge Auctions and has been revolutionizing the industry since. Other credentials include being a wife and mother to three daughters. Connect with Laura: https://www.conciergeauctions.com/ May 2020 webinars for agents: https://blocktalknow.squarespace.com/ Subscribe to Byron Lazine YouTube: http://bit.ly/sub2byronlazine 5AM Call Sign-up: https://www.5amcall.com/ 5AM SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-5amcall Connect with Byron: Website: https://www.byronlazine.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ByronLazine/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byronlazine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/byronlazine YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/byron... Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/byronlazine The Real Word: https://www.youtube.com/channel/there... Real Estate | One+Company: oneandcompany.com Marketing | Company Cubed: companycubed.com Subscribe to Byron’s newsletter: byronlazine.com/subscribe

Another day with pandemic restriction means another day of missing normal summer things, like swimming. While Laura & Jeremy remember the good times of being able to swim at a public pool they also complain about their spouses inability to put sunscreen on their "wonder bread" skin, horseplay that gives kids dangerous ideas, the full hour it takes them to get in the pool, and of course Skinny Dipping! Lots to complain about between their two relationships and the pool but nothing as bad as the pool related murders they discuss. Laura shares a truly brutal murder with a dead dog and wife that end up in the pool. Jeremy shares a shocking tale about a man who even 20 years later claims he was sleepwalking when he stabbed his wife 44 times and drowned her in a pool. This is one crazy episode that ends with some hypothetical murder plots with chlorine fumes and pool drain hair traps. Grab a drink with non-chlorinated water and enjoy Death Do Us Part. Listen, subscribe, and tell us your most exasperating pet peeves! You can follow us on Instagram/Twitter @ddupcast or visit our website at DeathDoUsPartPodcast.com. Remember, while marriage is messy...murder is messier! Intro/Outro instrumental provided by CO.AG Music - https://youtu.be/l-JpnshJmlQ

In the time of COVID-19, life keeps happening. #Millennial is here to make sure you've got our take on the latest! Andrew's 80-year-old grandmother is getting her first smartphone, Michelle Obama gave us all the feels in Netflix's "Becoming," and what we think of stupid people who refuse to wear masks. Listener feedback gives us a perspective on what the new normal for open office layouts may be, and a confession about a listener dreaming of being in a thruple with Andrew and Pat. Adele made headlines when she posted a full-body picture on Instagram, which made it very clear she has lost weight. The internet is divided over whether to celebrate Adele's "hot new bod" or to re-think the way we acknowledge body transformations. We get personal and share stories of people commenting on our bodies, and the longterm impact of those comments. While Laura is free to go bowling and get her nails did (she isn't), looks like Andrew will be sheltering in place for a while longer due to Illinois not lifting its stay-at-home order. Georgia continues to be the shame of the nation: why the murder of Ahmaud Arbery is just not getting attention, and why we're not convinced a grand jury will deliver justice. We welcome BAE Supporter, Tiara to the show! She uses her background in cybersecurity to educate us about how to keep our banking information safe, and she tests her #Millennial knowledge with a new quiz. One of the hosts has sex toys, two of the hosts have none. Guess who! This week's recommendations will give you some stay-home motivation: Taking advantage of quarantine meal kits provided by local restaurants (Andrew), Electric spin scrub brushes for all your grout-cleaning needs (Laura), Target drive-up service (Pam), and Hulu's "Nashville" (Tiara). And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon: Many of us are getting it up during quarantine, which has caused an erection of sex toy sales. Laura gives an update on her latest home water damage saga. Her takeaways: asbestos is a bitch, don't back down on liable parties, and she and Marc won't be able to move home for quite a while. Tiara prompts an interesting discussion by asking how it feels to move back in with your parents. Moving back in with parents in early twenties vs early thirties - GAME CHANGER!

Laura DiBenedetto is the founder and CEO of the award-winning marketing company, Vision Advertising, located in the greater Boston area. Laura created, built and ran the growth-oriented enterprise for 19 years with tremendous success, before retiring from active involvement in 2018 at age 37, passing the reins to her successor. Over the years, Laura personally sold several million dollars in ongoing contracts, was featured on Fox News and other Boston programming several times, was publicly recognized for business accomplishments, and was named a 40 Under Forty winner at only age 23. Having started her first business at 19, Laura began to search for her next big project in 2012, finally finding it right on the cusp of retirement. While Laura’s career had been speckled with accomplishments and accolades, when she retired, she was simply burnt out and unhappy. After years of classes, workshops, books, and more, Laura was confused and wondering why the personal development world had let her down and sought to solve the problem. She went on a radical journey of self-discovery, research, and testing, determined to find energy and lasting, fulfilling happiness in all areas of life. Laura found the answers to the question that plagued her (and so many of us) – six of them, in fact. She is devoted to sharing the universally applicable and deeply liberating truths she discovered, so that others may find their own path out of misery and into lasting, fulfilling happiness and limitless possibility. Her discovery has led to a trio of powerful offerings with tested and proven strategies: • The Six Habits – Book • The Six Habits – Self-Mastery Course • The Six Habits – 90 Day Habit Mastery Program Connect with Laura: Facebook: @lauraldibenedetto Instagram: @lauraldibenedetto LinkedIn: @lldibenedetto Website: https://lauradibenedetto.com/ Connect with me, your host, on social media: Facebook: @ivanarichey Instagram: @ivanarichey LinkedIn: @ivanarichey Pinterest: @ivanarichey Twitter: @ivanarichey Join my exclusive tribe, Self-Carved, on Facebook. Order my Self-Love Healing Journal on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/1095721828 Don't forget to subscribe, so you don't miss any future episode. Love this podcast? Please rate us/leave a review.

Episode Webpage: https://chasingbravery.com/podcast/chasing-bravery/chasing-bravery/2020/3/26/dtii0qf7xsse4ok5do6g75sgy0q2th Welcome to episode 44 of the Chasing Bravery Podcast! Today is a special episode , combining the daily Pandemic Peace episode with a regular episode of the podcast featuring a brave, inspiring woman. Laura Wiley is a registered nurse who has just recently moved from New Jersey to Pittsburgh. Laura and her fiancé had planned to spend the months of March and April taking some much needed vacation time before their wedding, but alas something called Covid-19 had other plans. Laura being a registered nurse and nurse mentor jumped quickly into action postponing her wedding, spending up to 12 hours a day speaking with her nurses on the frontline, creating resources for self care and coping, and applying to crisis nursing jobs with a simple desire to help in any way possible….because that’s what nurses and other health care workers do best. While Laura is not on the “frontlines” right now, you will hear that she has unique insight into what is happening in hospitals around the country because her job as a nurse mentor requires that she support her mentees through this unprecedented time. Laura shares with us what you can do to support your local nurses and health care workers, how you can advocate for much needed resources, and her go to self care/coping strategies. It was a pleasure to speak with Laura, and I know you will not only enjoy this episode, but learn a tremendous amount. Laura on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebrightlybalancedrn?igshid=19hzkdmwn7w7s Brightly Balanced RN recourses and mentorship: https://linktr.ee/thebrightlybalancedrn. Chasing Bravery Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chasingbravery06/ Donate to SimplySmiles fundraiser: https://donate.simplysmiles.org/fundraiser/2719966 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chasing-bravery/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chasing-bravery/support

Laura has a one-year-old daughter with her husband, but she is frustrated with her husband's lack of sexual prowess and giving in the bedroom. While Laura admits this has been the case since the beginning of their relationship, she is ready to go on a sex strike until her husband gives in to her wishes.

Laura has a one-year-old daughter with her husband, but she is frustrated with her husband's lack of sexual prowess and giving in the bedroom. While Laura admits this has been the case since the beginning of their relationship, she is ready to go on a sex strike until her husband gives in to her wishes.

How many of us would have the courage to turn our backs on what was soundly forecast as a future payout of several million dollars in retirement and stock options to follow what our spirit was calling out to do? The answer to that question is quite clear – just look around at the people you know, see, and read about.    Not many.    But that doesn’t apply to Jordan Gerding. And his story is even more remarkable considering his is not even 30, yet. He just recently left his job in the family construction business his grandfather and father have been building for decades, to venture into the unknown and uncertain world of entrepreneurship.    It might sound scary – and maybe even unwise – to those who need the certainty of a regular schedule, structure, and paycheck. For those who march to a different drummer, and are awake and attuned to their own inner voice, staying in the imagined ‘safety’ of a steady job can actually be a very life-sucking, soul-killing choice.    Jordan didn’t make the leap blindly. In fact, he was very methodical, strategic, and conscientious about the financial implications of his choices, potential, and future, then crafted an exit strategy that he presented to the company’s Board before putting his plan in motion.    Today’s conversation is perfectly representative of how real-life, meaningful conversations unfold organically. While Laura and Jordan started off exploring how he mapped out his future (rare for many, and rarer still for someone so young!), they find themselves exploring self-awareness, coaching, and the various tools they each use to first understand themselves and then share that gift with others in their lives and work.    If you’ve ever heard your inner voice calling you to something else, something beyond the ‘norm,’ something that might even scare you a little (or a lot!)… If you’ve asked yourself, “Should I follow my calling / passion, or do what everyone else says I should do?” You owe it to yourself to spend this next hour with Laura and Jordan and contemplate the lessons that arise…    Really consider the idea of trading comfort and boredom with pursuing your passion and enjoying the fullness of life.   You can learn more about the tools Jordan and Laura use at these links:    Jordan On Facebook jordangerding@gmail.com   StrengthsFinder Explore Strengths with Laura Enneagram Kolbe Assessment Perry Marshall 80/20 Sales & Marketing Book    Jordan’s Bio   Jordan is a young man who has recently stepped out of his corporate job with his father's general contracting construction business, Gerding Builders, into the adventure of self-employment. He is entering into a career as an executive coach to pursue his passion of helping business owners and entrepreneurs understand their unique giftings, strengths, and passions and then developing their team around them to support them in their weaknesses and blind spots.    In stepping into his own business, Jordan is now a fourth-generation business owner in his family. He takes great pride in the legacy of his family in business that focused on valuing relationships, honesty, integrity, character, and leveraging resources to help those who cannot help themselves.    Jordan has been especially impacted by his father, Tom Gerding. He watched his father join on as a partner in the company he currently serves as CEO over and grow it from a high 7-figure revenue business to breaking the 9-figure revenue mark while growing their net profit percentage to double the industry average. His father did this without compromising his values of integrity and character, focusing on relationships first (both within the company and outside of the company), and giving back to the community.    Jordan has the practical experience in holding fast to his character and values in an industry where profit margin percentages are in the single digits, contract language is tight, and mistakes can quickly add up to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. In his last year with Gerding Companies, Jordan was the Project Manager over more than 20 million dollars-worth of work with over 90 subcontractors (other companies hired to do specific scopes of work) between the projects. He has first-hand experience in balancing maximizing profits for the company, prioritizing savings and service for the client, and standing up for subcontractors when additional payment is deserved for additional requested work; all while not sacrificing integrity, character, or values.   Jordan knows that the business world is no fairy tale, and his coaching and guidance comes from real world application and results. He desires to bring the insights he has gained from watching and working closely with his father along with the high impact tools gained from trainings and certifications to help high integrity, high character business owners and entrepreneurs take the helm in their industries with the goal of making integrity and character the expectation in the business world not the exception.

Can a positive attitude help us heal? My guest today is Laura Alberts. While Laura is a breast cancer survivor, she isn't defined by it. In fact, after undergoing chemo and radiation treatments, Laura claimed to have her "breast year ever" in real estate. One of Coldwell Banker's top realtors in Orland Park, Illinois, Laura is also a musician, dancer, and vocalist and the winner of both Senior American Idol and Seniors Dancing with Seniors Dance Competition. "Things happen in life, but I've developed a skill set to deal with them. I have faith. I have courage. I have my music, and I have a sense of humor so I forge ahead and enjoy each day as it appears," she says. "Like the Cowardly Lion in the The Wizard of Oz, we all have the courage inside of us to forge ahead, and if we do things that bring us joy, we don't have time to think about fear. That's the key.” © 2019 Mo Vear Visit: HumorMeWithMo.com Email: humormewithmo@gmail.com Facebook page HumorMeWithMo @BiteOfCourage on Twitter Mo on LinkedIn Bite of Courage on Instagram Trio Productions. All Rights Reserved. In Association with Podcast Prowess.

In this week’s episode of Sustain Our Software the panel interviews Laura Gaetano. Laura is a developer and designer, whose main job was running was running Rails Girls Summer of Code. The panel considers how great Rails Girls is and all that they are doing. The panel also expresses their love for the Rails framework.  Laura explains the difference between Rails Girls and Rails Girls Summer of Code. The panel asks about the challenges that the Rails Girls Summer of code experience. Laura tells the panel how open source and the Ruby community has changed since they started. When they first started Rails Girls Summer of Code there was a lot less support for open source and diversity in programming. Now their main challenges are lack of resources, such as money and people who are invested in Rails Girls Summer of Code for the long term.  Other challenges in the organization stem from the nature of the organization. They are just trying to get everything done, that things like documentation and long term management solutions get forgotten. They want to get all their experience for the last six years documented so that knowledge can help in the future of Rails Girls Summer of Code.  The panel considers what a great feeling it is when people use or contribute to their open source and ask Laura what it’s like to actually help someone become a developer through her open source efforts. Laura explains how amazing it is to see women from past Rails Girls Summer of Code and their success. Laura shares her love of open source and the collaboration that happens in the community. Doing Rails Girls Summer of Code she gets a lot more human contact than in typical open source projects, she explains how that has made a difference in the way that she sees open source.  The panel asks Laura about the state of diversity in open source. Laura explains that there are initiatives out there to support diversity in opensource. She invites everyone to visit opensourcediversity.org. They provide resources to learn about diversity. They even have an open forum where people have a safe space to learn about diversity. She explains that diversity is now a common talking point at conferences to help improve diversity by educating developers about it. The panel discusses making projects more inclusive and explains how Github added s social impact feature that helps make your project more inclusive.  The topic turns to a talk Laura gave in 2017. Her talk explains that open source needs more than code. She explains that she would like to see more crowdsourcing of knowledge and design in open source. Programming is a major part of open source and she is so impressed the how willing programmers are to volunteer their time. However, she would love to see that desire from other people in the technology industry. Open source would be more maintainable if they had people marketing, networking, documenting. Having open source maintainers who focus on these things would help generate more funding and make it more sustainable.  The panel considers why there is such an emphasis on the code contributions, even more so than managing or other roles in open source. Code is a very visible contribution, easy to hold up and say look what they did. Other roles aren’t so easy to hold up, how can someone hold up the hours they spent finding sponsors or perfecting documentation. The discussion turns to mental health in open source. Laura talks about her own state of mind and how hard it can be to get herself to do anything when she is feeling burnt out. She explains that she needs to change the way she approaches work.  The panel discusses ways that we can help those experiencing mental health problems in open source. They suggest talking to each other more about their experiences, about what depression, anxiety, and burn out look like and how they affect different people. The panel discusses what processes can be put in place to help developers to avoid burn out.  The panel wonders if developers are susceptible to mental health problems. Do the large workloads and high amounts of stress contribute to these issues. Laura explains that in her opinion, we as humans tend to think that our experience is unique, so other industries probably feel the same way. The reality is that this is a worldwide problem, especially for those that Laura calls knowledge workers.   The panel considers other ways we can help open source maintainers not get burnt out. The power of gratitude is one way they think might help. Laura thinks that getting a thank you from supports is very important. She relates how she feels when she talks with participants of Rails Girls Summer of Code and how it makes all her hard work worth it. The panel discusses the power of money in open source, explaining why they started codefund. They explain the benefits of open source getting some money for their contributions. They consider the effect it plays on burn out. While Laura agrees to receive funds for open source contributions can be helpful, she warns that it could be a double-edged sword. She warns that the receiving fund could be adding more stress to open source because of the responsibility it adds. Laura explains that she has already started to see entitlement from open source users, getting upset when the maintainer doesn't fix something right away. The panel considers how these benefits and costs when the funding is anonymous compared to when it is a direct sponsorship.   Panelists Eric Berry Nate Hopkins Guest Laura Gaetano Sponsors   DevEd Podcast The Freelancers Show My Ruby Story CacheFly Links AlterConf Berlin 2017: Making your voice heard: Open Source Needs You by Laura Gaetano Laura Gaetano - Building inclusive Open Source communities | ReasonConf 2018 https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/ https://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/  https://opensourcediversity.org/  https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast/rails-girls-summer-of-code  https://github.com/about/diversity  https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1157379019878232064  https://m.signalvnoise.com/to-smile-again/  https://twitter.com/alicetragedy https://github.com/alicetragedy https://www.facebook.com/Sustain-Our-Software-SOS-857471391289849/ https://twitter.com/sos_opensource Picks Eric Berry: https://webflow.com/  Nate Hopkins: https://www.metabase.com  Willow Hybrid Tree  Laura Gaetano: Jocelyn K. Glei  The Bulletin Design for Real Life Special Guest: Laura Gaetano.

In this week’s episode of Sustain Our Software the panel interviews Laura Gaetano. Laura is a developer and designer, whose main job was running was running Rails Girls Summer of Code. The panel considers how great Rails Girls is and all that they are doing. The panel also expresses their love for the Rails framework.    Laura explains the difference between Rails Girls and Rails Girls Summer of Code. The panel asks about the challenges that the Rails Girls Summer of code experience. Laura tells the panel how open source and the Ruby community has changed since they started. When they first started Rails Girls Summer of Code there was a lot less support for open source and diversity in programming. Now their main challenges are lack of resources, such as money and people who are invested in Rails Girls Summer of Code for the long term.    Other challenges in the organization stem from the nature of the organization. They are just trying to get everything done, that things like documentation and long term management solutions get forgotten. They want to get all their experience for the last six years documented so that knowledge can help in the future of Rails Girls Summer of Code.    The panel considers what a great feeling it is when people use or contribute to their open source and ask Laura what it’s like to actually help someone become a developer through her open source efforts. Laura explains how amazing it is to see women from past Rails Girls Summer of Code and their success. Laura shares her love of open source and the collaboration that happens in the community. Doing Rails Girls Summer of Code she gets a lot more human contact than in typical open source projects, she explains how that has made a difference in the way that she sees open source.    The panel asks Laura about the state of diversity in open source. Laura explains that there are initiatives out there to support diversity in opensource. She invites everyone to visit opensourcediversity.org. They provide resources to learn about diversity. They even have an open forum where people have a safe space to learn about diversity. She explains that diversity is now a common talking point at conferences to help improve diversity by educating developers about it. The panel discusses making projects more inclusive and explains how Github added s social impact feature that helps make your project more inclusive.    The topic turns to a talk Laura gave in 2017. Her talk explains that open source needs more than code. She explains that she would like to see more crowdsourcing of knowledge and design in open source. Programming is a major part of open source and she is so impressed the how willing programmers are to volunteer their time. However, she would love to see that desire from other people in the technology industry. Open source would be more maintainable if they had people marketing, networking, documenting. Having open source maintainers who focus on these things would help generate more funding and make it more sustainable.    The panel considers why there is such an emphasis on the code contributions, even more so than managing or other roles in open source. Code is a very visible contribution, easy to hold up and say look what they did. Other roles aren’t so easy to hold up, how can someone hold up the hours they spent finding sponsors or perfecting documentation.   The discussion turns to mental health in open source. Laura talks about her own state of mind and how hard it can be to get herself to do anything when she is feeling burnt out. She explains that she needs to change the way she approaches work.  The panel discusses ways that we can help those experiencing mental health problems in open source. They suggest talking to each other more about their experiences, about what depression, anxiety, and burn out look like and how they affect different people. The panel discusses what processes can be put in place to help developers to avoid burn out.    The panel wonders if developers are susceptible to mental health problems. Do the large workloads and high amounts of stress contribute to these issues. Laura explains that in her opinion, we as humans tend to think that our experience is unique, so other industries probably feel the same way. The reality is that this is a worldwide problem, especially for those that Laura calls knowledge workers.     The panel considers other ways we can help open source maintainers not get burnt out. The power of gratitude is one way they think might help. Laura thinks that getting a thank you from supports is very important. She relates how she feels when she talks with participants of Rails Girls Summer of Code and how it makes all her hard work worth it.   The panel discusses the power of money in open source, explaining why they started codefund. They explain the benefits of open source getting some money for their contributions. They consider the effect it plays on burn out. While Laura agrees to receive funds for open source contributions can be helpful, she warns that it could be a double-edged sword.   She warns that the receiving fund could be adding more stress to open source because of the responsibility it adds. Laura explains that she has already started to see entitlement from open source users, getting upset when the maintainer doesn't fix something right away. The panel considers how these benefits and costs when the funding is anonymous compared to when it is a direct sponsorship.   Panelists Eric Berry Nate Hopkins Guest Laura Gaetano Sponsors   DevEd Podcast The Freelancers Show My Ruby Story CacheFly Links AlterConf Berlin 2017: Making your voice heard: Open Source Needs You by Laura Gaetano Laura Gaetano - Building inclusive Open Source communities | ReasonConf 2018 https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/ https://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/  https://opensourcediversity.org/  https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast/rails-girls-summer-of-code  https://github.com/about/diversity  https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1157379019878232064  https://m.signalvnoise.com/to-smile-again/  https://twitter.com/alicetragedy https://github.com/alicetragedy https://www.facebook.com/Sustain-Our-Software-SOS-857471391289849/ https://twitter.com/sos_opensource Picks Eric Berry: https://webflow.com/  Nate Hopkins: https://www.metabase.com  Willow Hybrid Tree  Laura Gaetano: Jocelyn K. Glei  The Bulletin Design for Real Life

In this week’s episode of Sustain Our Software the panel interviews Laura Gaetano. Laura is a developer and designer, whose main job was running was running Rails Girls Summer of Code. The panel considers how great Rails Girls is and all that they are doing. The panel also expresses their love for the Rails framework.    Laura explains the difference between Rails Girls and Rails Girls Summer of Code. The panel asks about the challenges that the Rails Girls Summer of code experience. Laura tells the panel how open source and the Ruby community has changed since they started. When they first started Rails Girls Summer of Code there was a lot less support for open source and diversity in programming. Now their main challenges are lack of resources, such as money and people who are invested in Rails Girls Summer of Code for the long term.    Other challenges in the organization stem from the nature of the organization. They are just trying to get everything done, that things like documentation and long term management solutions get forgotten. They want to get all their experience for the last six years documented so that knowledge can help in the future of Rails Girls Summer of Code.    The panel considers what a great feeling it is when people use or contribute to their open source and ask Laura what it’s like to actually help someone become a developer through her open source efforts. Laura explains how amazing it is to see women from past Rails Girls Summer of Code and their success. Laura shares her love of open source and the collaboration that happens in the community. Doing Rails Girls Summer of Code she gets a lot more human contact than in typical open source projects, she explains how that has made a difference in the way that she sees open source.    The panel asks Laura about the state of diversity in open source. Laura explains that there are initiatives out there to support diversity in opensource. She invites everyone to visit opensourcediversity.org. They provide resources to learn about diversity. They even have an open forum where people have a safe space to learn about diversity. She explains that diversity is now a common talking point at conferences to help improve diversity by educating developers about it. The panel discusses making projects more inclusive and explains how Github added s social impact feature that helps make your project more inclusive.    The topic turns to a talk Laura gave in 2017. Her talk explains that open source needs more than code. She explains that she would like to see more crowdsourcing of knowledge and design in open source. Programming is a major part of open source and she is so impressed the how willing programmers are to volunteer their time. However, she would love to see that desire from other people in the technology industry. Open source would be more maintainable if they had people marketing, networking, documenting. Having open source maintainers who focus on these things would help generate more funding and make it more sustainable.    The panel considers why there is such an emphasis on the code contributions, even more so than managing or other roles in open source. Code is a very visible contribution, easy to hold up and say look what they did. Other roles aren’t so easy to hold up, how can someone hold up the hours they spent finding sponsors or perfecting documentation.   The discussion turns to mental health in open source. Laura talks about her own state of mind and how hard it can be to get herself to do anything when she is feeling burnt out. She explains that she needs to change the way she approaches work.  The panel discusses ways that we can help those experiencing mental health problems in open source. They suggest talking to each other more about their experiences, about what depression, anxiety, and burn out look like and how they affect different people. The panel discusses what processes can be put in place to help developers to avoid burn out.    The panel wonders if developers are susceptible to mental health problems. Do the large workloads and high amounts of stress contribute to these issues. Laura explains that in her opinion, we as humans tend to think that our experience is unique, so other industries probably feel the same way. The reality is that this is a worldwide problem, especially for those that Laura calls knowledge workers.     The panel considers other ways we can help open source maintainers not get burnt out. The power of gratitude is one way they think might help. Laura thinks that getting a thank you from supports is very important. She relates how she feels when she talks with participants of Rails Girls Summer of Code and how it makes all her hard work worth it.   The panel discusses the power of money in open source, explaining why they started codefund. They explain the benefits of open source getting some money for their contributions. They consider the effect it plays on burn out. While Laura agrees to receive funds for open source contributions can be helpful, she warns that it could be a double-edged sword.   She warns that the receiving fund could be adding more stress to open source because of the responsibility it adds. Laura explains that she has already started to see entitlement from open source users, getting upset when the maintainer doesn't fix something right away. The panel considers how these benefits and costs when the funding is anonymous compared to when it is a direct sponsorship.   Panelists Eric Berry Nate Hopkins Guest Laura Gaetano Sponsors   DevEd Podcast The Freelancers Show My Ruby Story CacheFly Links AlterConf Berlin 2017: Making your voice heard: Open Source Needs You by Laura Gaetano Laura Gaetano - Building inclusive Open Source communities | ReasonConf 2018 https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/ https://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/  https://opensourcediversity.org/  https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast/rails-girls-summer-of-code  https://github.com/about/diversity  https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1157379019878232064  https://m.signalvnoise.com/to-smile-again/  https://twitter.com/alicetragedy https://github.com/alicetragedy https://www.facebook.com/Sustain-Our-Software-SOS-857471391289849/ https://twitter.com/sos_opensource Picks Eric Berry: https://webflow.com/  Nate Hopkins: https://www.metabase.com  Willow Hybrid Tree  Laura Gaetano: Jocelyn K. Glei  The Bulletin Design for Real Life

Want to make your business remarkable? Today’s guest knows exactly how that’s done. Laura Roeder is the founder and creator of the social media scheduling software company MeetEdgar. I’m really excited to have Laura on the show because I’ve been a massive fan and customer of MeetEdgar for about 4 years now, and have loved the software ever since I began using it. While Laura was president and CEO of the company, she had the pleasure of running a small team in order to fill the need of social media automation for busy business owners, and now that she’s moved into more of a Founder role, her new job consists of getting visible, and making people aware of not only who Edgar is, but what he does, and why so many people want him as a boyfriend!   In This Episode Behind the scenes at MeetEdgar and how it came to be Repurposing content is an important concept to grasp Just because you see your stuff doesn’t mean your audience is Why it pays more to be the specialist Why MeetEdgar only has one plan, and why they won’t offer any more How to grow your word of mouth advertising from your customers Don’t be afraid to be remarkable   “At the end of the day, we’re a software company” - Laura “There were just so many things that were lacking in the tools out there” - Laura “How much visibility is my content actually getting?” - Jess “No one is watching your social media feed the way that you are” - Laura “You’ve got to be the one who drives that initial conversation” - Jess “Sometimes people are scared to say that they are the specialist” -Jess “I love recurring revenue” - Laura “Word of mouth scales with your customer base” - Laura   More Laura www.meetedgar.com Coupon Code: PODCAST   The Dotties https://smartleaderssell.com/the-dotties/   More Jess!http://bit.ly/SLSGroup https://jessicalorimer.com/supersize-your-sales https://jessicalorimer.com/list-building-legend Content DisclaimerThe information contained above is provided for information purposes only. The contents of this article, video or audio are not intended to amount to advice and you should not rely on any of the contents of this article, video or audio. Professional advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from taking any action as a result of the contents of this article, video or audio. Jessica Lorimer disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on any of the contents of this article, video or audio.Disclaimer: Some of these links are for products and services offered by the podcast creator

Joshua LaRock is internationally recognized as a preeminent figurative artist. His exquisite paintings are an ode to the past filtered through a contemporary life. LaRock’s portraits and figurative pieces alike are memorable for both their emotive quality and for evoking an eerily present feeling. Inspired by Bouguereau and other masters of the past, Joshua imbues a shade of the timeless, drawing the viewer deeper into his personal interpretation of how the world ought to be. Among Joshua’s most striking works are those of his wife, Laura. In 2012, “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife” was hailed as ‘deserving special attention’ during the historic America China Oil Painting Artists League exhibit at the Beijing World Art Museum. While “Laura in Black” was part of the prestigious BP Portrait Award 2016 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London and is the subject of his premier instructional video “The Layers of Portrait Painting”. Joshua currently lives in North Carolina with his wife and two children. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/joshualarock In this episode, Joshua discusses: -His initial interest and study of music and music business. -How he became aware of classical realism and his discovery of John Singer Sargent, Jacob Collins, and ARC. -The common experience that he shared of being an artist that didn’t start from a young age. -Controlling his anxiety during “quick sketches.” -How long it takes him to do each of his paintings and how he sometimes wishes he spent more time in the planning stage. -His first portrait of his wife, Laura and what made it special. -How you only need to do one good painting for people to take interest in you. -His advice for making decisions, or putting yourself in the position to have to make decisions. -What it feels like for artists to take on the additional title of “entrepreneur” (and a great example from Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel). -His stance on classical realism and the fact that not as many people are doing what he does. -How soon artists should consider teaching others. -How to push past imposter syndrome, especially when it comes to teaching. Joshua's Final Push will inspire you to take that deep breath and just go for it!   Quotes: “There’s always a point in each painting at which I think ‘this is not going to work.’” “There are points where you need to take it off the easel and put it against a wall and not look at it for several months.” “There’s always a little bit of a dance between things that you’re really passionate about and things that you have to do day to day.” “I don’t think there is a ‘too soon’ to teach art.” Links mentioned: Tim Ferriss Podcast Ep #325 Featuring Derek Sivers John Singer Sargent Jacob Collins Art Renewal Center (ARC) Connect with Joshua: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter On the next episode: Frannerd : Website / Instagram Join the discussion in the Facebook group!

This is The Do It For Yourself Podcast.  Each week I sit down with someone who is doing it for themselves and chasing a dream they just couldn’t suppress.  This is often speakers, entrepreneurs, or athletes.  They all share one thing in common, they are overcoming challenges and never giving up.  Someone who is Doing It For Themselves is not selfish in their pursuit, they are simply chasing a dream or working towards a goal because it is something THEY want to do.  They are not forging down a path because society or someone is telling them it’s what they should be doing. My guests this week are John and Laura Torres.  Yes, that is right, my first couples interview!  This was so much fun and I can't wait to share it with you.   John and Laura both have very different avenues that they took to get into triathlon.  John was an elite level swimmer while he was living in Puerto Rico.  He began swimming young and found success in Puerto Rico.  John was afforded the opportunity to come to the U.S. and continue his swimming here at Rutgers University.  After discovering that the English barrier coupled with the course load was a bit too much he walked away from swimming and his education.  This is when John began to put on some weight.  Given John's background in swimming though he always wanted to do a triathlon.  He discovered the NBC broadcast of the Ironman and he knew he wanted to do a triathlon.  After meeting a friend at a social gathering, John learned that she was doing a triathlon and this sparked his interest, he knew it was time.   John completed his training cycling and it was time for his first race.  He was so nervous at the start of the race and he can remember complaining about even being there.  After the race John recalls saying to his friend that he would never do one again.  After a few post race beers however, John's attitude seemed to change and he found himself on the start line again.   Laura on the other hand comes from a running background.  Laura began running as a form of therapy when she was going through some tough times and she learned that running was something that she could always turn to.  This therapy however grew into that of an obsession, Laura couldn't go a day without running and she began to pay the price.  While Laura was training for her goal to compete in the Boston marathon she had a labral tear in her hip and it got to the point where it was painful to even walk.   Laura remembered that she was cycling during some of her run training so she began to go back to that.  She also began to add in some swimming along the way and before long and maybe a little peer pressure from friends, Laura too found herself on the start line of her first triathlon. Laura and John now work together not only as a couple but as a team with John coaching Laura and helping to keep her grounded yet push her to perform at her best.  They balance each other out when it comes to training and Laura is thankful to have that.  They also enjoy racing together though, Laura loves to see John on the course.  Although John swear that she just loves to pass him.  This conversation winds through both journey’s of Laura and John but we also touch on some of the training tips John uses when coaching Laura and structuring his own training schedule.  I hope that you enjoy this conversation and the laughs we share but I also hope you can pick up something for your training as well.    Here is my interview with Laura and John!   John's Instagram Laura's Instagram Do It For Yourself Instagram   Support the show here!

We are back with Season 2!  You asked for more mermaid stories and mermaid legends, so that is what we are bringing to you! Mermaid historians, mermaid legends, mermaid books and mermaid authors!  Of course, we will also be introducing you to real mermaids from time to time, but we’ll be focusing most on mermaid stories. In this episode, we come full circle and also go back to the beginning. You may remember that in the first two episodes of Season 1, host Laura von Holt told you all about her time at mermaid camp at the world famous Weeki Wachee Springs! If you haven’t listened to those episodes yet, you should! While Laura was at mermaid camp last year, she became very enamored of Vicki Smith, a legendary siren who still performs at Weeki Wachee at age 78. When she returned to mermaid camp in 2018, she was lucky enough to be paired with Vicki, as well as her mermaid friend, Alison (who you met in S1 E1). In 2017, Vicki celebrated her 60th anniversary of swimming at Weeki Wachee. Vicki performed as a Weeki Wachee mermaid from 1957-1961, beginning just days after her high school graduation. Now, she is part of the elite group of “Legendary Sirens” women in their 50s, 60s and 70s  who perform monthly at Weeki Wachee Springs. Vicki invited Laura and Alison back to her home to watch the sunset and drink wine on her deck overlooking the crystal clear Weeki Wachee River. Vicki showed them her personal scrapbook and took them through her many memories of performing at Weeki Wachee in the 1950s and 60s. For over 70 years, Weeki Wachee mermaids have trained each other in underwater ballet using underwater air hoses so they can perform dozens of feet underwater. It’s a unique tradition handed down from woman to woman, and a trained eye can see the differences from each teacher & when they began their instruction. Vicki allowed Laura to record her while we looked through the scrapbook, drank wine, and listened to the radio. She talked about about the changes she’s seen in the park, the show, and what it’s like to perform at age 17 and age 78. It’s a long interview, kind of like an oral history, but well worth your time. Some of the mermaids that Vicki swam with are still with us, and some are now gone. But if you settle in with this episode, you’ll feel like you are right there, suspended in time, swimming right along with the Legendary Sirens of Weeki Wachee. Important Links: Go to MermaidPodcast.com for bonus photos and videos from this episode. Follow us on Instagram @mermaidpodcast and Facebook. Sign up for our mailing list to get more behind the scenes bonuses and a heads up when we get new episodes. This is episode is sponsored by Mermaid Magic. Get 20% off biodegradable glitter and mermaid scales + FREE shipping with PODCAST20 at https://getmermaidmagic.com/discount/PODCAST20. If you would like to sponsor an episode of the Mermaid Podcast, email us at podcast@cinderly.com and we will be happy to hook you up! Calling all Creative Entrepreneurs! If you’re in the New York area and would be interested in a weekend intensive that covers creativity and personal branding, join us for “Don’t Quit Your DayDream!” We also have an exciting extended program to transform your life and business coming in the fall. Check it out at fairybossmother.com.

Laura Root, in her 40’s, bravely shares her journey as a single gay Mormon woman which eventually led her into a same-sex marriage. She continues to attend her Idaho Ward where she has attended for 16 years and where she once served as the Relief Society President. Laura is no longer able to participate fully in Mormonism. While Laura is living outside of the doctrine of our church she is not living outside of the circle of humanity to extend our love and kindness. Thank you Laura for sharing your story to help us understand how to minister, support and honor our LDS LGBTQ members living outside the doctrine of our church.

This week on The Lettuce Beets, Charlotte and Laura talk about Charlotte's up coming wedding. While Laura gushed about her fancy new phone. They also discuss Black-ish, a show Laura has been enjoying and Charlotte talks about The Good Doctor. They wrap up the episode with a fan favorite Aura quiz based on foods of different colors!   The Lettuce Podcast is a garden of entertainment from books to television and everything in between! We cover topics like Harry Potter, Glee, James Bond, Game of Thrones, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and much more. For more information: The Lettuce Podcast Blog, Facebook, Twitter, iTunes, and Stitcher. The Lettuce Podcast is also available for Android devices via Podcast Addict.

While Laura was down with the flu, she realized how bad she sucks at asking for help. So this week, they talk about some of the myths around asking for help, what it means to be part of a village, and why we want to continually tell ourselves that we can do life alone.

Joe and Laura are on the scene with Austin comedian, Pat Dean. Pat talks about working with friends on creative projects, including his podcasts, "I Learned Nothing" and "The Lanalax Corporation." While Laura tries to coerce Pat into eating a tunafish sandwich from 7/11, Joe works on "Barbra Walters-ing" him with hard-hitting questions. Pat refuses to eat a tunafish sandwich from 7/11, but he, instead, offers a clumsy metaphor for the meaning of friendship and a 6-pack of Lone Star. More information on Pat Dean can be found at the links below! https://www.facebook.com/ShitsGolden/ https://thelanalaxcorporation.podbean.com/ https://twitter.com/patdean https://www.patreon.com/KnightQuest https://www.ilearnednothing.com/ Follow Heavy Friending on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!  https://www.facebook.com/HeavyFriending/ https://www.instagram.com/heavyfriending/ https://twitter.com/heavyfriending Become a Patron of Heavy Friending! https://www.patreon.com/heavyfriending    

Comedian Raul Garcia joins Marshall and special guest host Sean George to see if they have the POWER!! While Laura's away it's guys night at "Do I Still Love It?" and they've got a movie so manly that the main character is named HE-MAN. Will these grown men reconnect with their toy-loving former selves? Or will the off-putting nature of Frank Langella's Skeletor make-up be too much for our heroes? Find out on this week's podcast!Raul Garcia is a comedian and actor from Los Angeles and co-creator of "Ruiz Must Die"

While Laura is away, Amanda and Ben talk playoffs, fake concussions, Brent Burns being a white version of PK Subban, Ducks comebacks, and the certifiable insanity of Eugene Melnyk.

After the melancholy vampire story that was Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch has delivered an equally meditative human drama with Paterson. It’s a film that shows a week in the life of a lovely artistic couple living in Paterson, New Jersey. Laura (Golshifteh Farahani) is an avid painter, designer and cupcake maker, with a distinctive monochromatic colour scheme in everything she makes, and wears, though ironically she is a very colourful character. Her husband, Paterson (Adam Driver), is a gentle poet who drives a bus for a living, and uses all of his break time to write a few lines in his "secret notebook". While Laura sells her wares at the local farmers’ market, where they're very popular, Paterson won't share his work with anyone other than her. For ages, she's been telling them he should get his poems published, or at the very least make copies of them. Eventually he promises to photocopy them all on the weekend, on one of those last two days that the film shows. This is hardly a movie that runs on suspense, mostly it's an episodic musing on the little things in life, but there are still a few little narrative arcs that are given a nice payoff. One of these is the question of whether he'll keep that promise in time. Unlike Laura, who shares a piece of her creativity everywhere she goes, Paterson is just happy to watch the world go by. Laura is the one with all the latest gadgets, while Paterson doesn't even have a mobile phone. He's content to just let it all come and go, just like his poems, and his passengers of course. As you’d expect, he hears all sorts of things when he’s eavesdropping at the wheel. People have some very amusing conversations when it looks like no one is listening. There’s plenty of shots of him smirking at them while looking at the road, but these snippets never really make their way into his poems. That would have been too predictable, and far too neat. He mostly writes about what he sees at home, or at the park where he eats his lunch every day. Adam Driver’s voiceover readings of these poems are pleasingly unpolished. Paterson doesn’t sound like he’s reciting them for an audience, he really does sound like he’s writing the words as they come to him. Jarmusch only overstretches believability when it comes to the couple’s dog, Marvin. He’s certainly adorable, but Jarmusch can’t seem to decide if he wants him to be an anthropomorphised animal character, like Gromit, or a projection of whatever the human characters are going through. It might have been more effective to just let him be a dog, another part of Paterson’s world that he can silently take in. Paterson is very much a quiet observer who’s surrounded by some very vocal characters. His boss, Donny (Rizwan Manji) is one of those people who likes to answer with complete honesty when someone asks him how he is. Paterson’s favourite bar is also frequented by an actor named Everett (William Jackson Harper) and his ex-girlfriend, Marie, (Chasten Harmon) who Everett can’t seem to let go of and to whom he won’t stop making melodramatic professions of his undying love. While these figures encourage Paterson to come out of his shell a little and make his mark on the world, they’re never called upon to transform him. Jarmusch isn’t interested in showing how an introvert can turn into an extrovert. Instead, he shows how it’s possible for someone so quiet to navigate a world where it’s survival of the loudest and still remain true to themself.   Written by Christian Tsoutsouvas

You’ll hear me joke with Laura in the beginning of this episode that it feels to me like we were twins separated at birth.  While Laura is a business coach and helps her clients implement strategies that feel right for them, she actually asks her clients to commit  first to fostering the right mindset for business and for their lives, because without that, they’ll stay stuck. Laura shares her story of transformation in her career.  As she was nearing the end of her work as a PhD student in science, she realized that she wasn’t meant to work in a lab alone.  She’s a people person, and after she completed her schooling, she moved into corporate doing a lot of business improvement work.  Over the years she’s taken her scientific curiosity and blended it with her understanding of what motivates people, and is now self-employed and helping other business owners achieve success.  Laura tells us how most businesses try to grow the inside out way, and gives us a unique perspective on how we should be creating our offers and connecting with our perfect paying clients. We also chat about how fear holds business owners back and the best way to conquer it, and she shares her no- B.S. approach that her clients call compassionate and caring. You can connect with Laura on her websiste www.inspirential.com, and you can connect with her in her facebook group Inspired Hustlers Manifesting Lab, where she shares her own best resources. 

Today, I had the great pleasure of chatting with my close friend Laura Castonguay, MFA, about some pretty interesting stuff. Unsure where the conversation would go, we sat in silent meditation before recording, allowing our minds to settle. Lo and behold, the conversation ended up developing about meditation itself and what it means for both of our lives. While Laura and I have different approaches to meditation - mine tends to be seated, Laura's tends to be active and physical - each of us experiences it as a way to connect more to our bodies on this earth, where we are right now. We hope that this conversation fills you with a deep sense of peace, Listener, and we hope that it encourages you to recognize your own meditative potential. For through our meditation, the bounty of the universe unfolds, and with that bounty comes the limitless delight of eternal Snobbery.